pour rien au monde

\puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\

/\puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\/ adv

The verdict

“pour rien au monde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En aucune manière, en aucune façon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pour-rien-au-monde · pour rien au monde · French

pour rien au monde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for pour rien au monde
PropertyValue
Headwordpour rien au monde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pour rien au monde » en français

pour rien au mondesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pour rien au monde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En aucune manière, en aucune façon.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pour rien au monde, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pour rien au monde, spelled P-O-U-R- -R-I-E-N- -A-U- -M-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    En aucune manière, en aucune façon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pour rien au monde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour rien au monde, dit Emma, en souriant avec grâce, je ne voudrais vous conseiller de dire oui ou non.
  2. Pour rien au monde nous ne nous serions lancés dans une expédition aventureuse.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pour rien au monde"?
"pour rien au monde" is spelled P-O-U-R- -R-I-E-N- -A-U- -M-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\.
What does "pour rien au monde" mean?
As an adverb, "pour rien au monde" means: En aucune manière, en aucune façon.
How do you pronounce "pour rien au monde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pour rien au monde" is \puʁ ʁjɛ̃.n‿o mɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pour rien au monde" come from?
"pour rien au monde" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list